Photos: NASA says farewell to Cassini This is the last image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before it broke apart in Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, 2017. Hide Caption 2 of 14Photos: NASA says farewell to Cassini Cassini captured this image of Saturn's northern hemisphere on September 13, 2017. It is among the last images Cassini sent back to Earth. Hide Caption 6 of 14Photos: NASA says farewell to Cassini Cassini took this image of Saturn's moon Titan in 2012. This composite was made from images taken when Cassini was about 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) from Saturn.

Source: CNN September 15, 2017 18:11 UTC